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New York, August 24, 2014 - The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release of American freelance journalist Peter Theo Curtis, who was held captive by the al-Qaeda affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra since October 2012, according to U.S officials and news reports. U.N. Secretary General spokesman Stephane Dujarric told CPJ Curtis was handed over to U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights at 6:40 PM local time and transferred to U.S. representatives after a medical check-up. The release comes a week after the Islamic State group, which split from Jabhat al-Nusra, released a video last week showing the brutal murder of American freelance journalist James Foley and the threat to murder another American journalist, Steven Sotloff.

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The Italian Foreign Minister announced in a statement on April 13,
2013, that four Italian journalists abducted in northern Syria on April 4, 2013,
had been released. News accounts reported that the journalists were believed to have been
held for more than a week by the rebel group, Jabhat Al-Nusra, which is
affiliated with Al-Qaeda, but the foreign ministry did not immediately confirm the
information.